Chicken coop



J. F. LINNEMANN CHICKEN COOP Sept. l5. 1925.

Filed qui@ 27. 1924 Patented Sept. 175, 1925.

UNITED lSTATES JOHN F. LINNEMANN, OF ESTELLINE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

CHICKEN coorf` Application filed Juner27, 1924. Serial No. 722,804.,

, tain new and usefuly Improvements in Chicken Coops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in chicken coops and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements hereinvdescribed and claimed.k

An object of the invention is toprovide a chicken coop which is designed particularly for the protection of small chicks ,andl for sheltering chicks from the force of Vthe wind, rain, dust and the like at all times irrespective of the direction of the wind and without preventing the chicks from passing into and from the coop at will.

A further object of the invention is to provide a coop of the character described which may be kept well ventilated, will take up but little space and is thoroughly practical commercially. l

rOther objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, considered-in conjunction with the accompan 1- ingv drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view showing a coop embodying the invention, v

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view showing the upper portion of the housing ofthe coop and the supporting means therefor.

Figure 2a is a view similar to Figure v2, showing the lower portions of the housing and supporting means therefor.

The supporting structure of the coop includes a flat base 1 which is adapted to rest upon the ground. A post 2 is upstanding from the base 1 centrally of the latter. A tubular carrying member which is rotatably supported on the post 2 comprises a lower tubular section 3 which is of slightly less length than the portion of .the post 2 that extends above the upper face of the base 1. The tubular section 3 is secured at its lower end in a central opening of a table 4 as by means of the screw threads indicated at 5. The tubular carrying member also includes an upper tubular section 6 which is connected at its lower end by means of a. union 7 to the upper end'of the lower section 3, a bearing disk or plate 8 being disposed within the union 7 and clamped loe-v tween the adjacent ends of the lower section I 3 and the upper section 6Vwhen the union 7 `is screwed tight. The table `4 and the lower section 8 of the tubular carrying mem-vr ber are adapted to be lowered in the order named over the upper end ofthe posty 2 until the' table 4 is supported adjacentto but slightly above the base 1 and` the Ybear'- ing member 8 rests upon the upper end of the post 2 which preferably is rounded 0r conical at its upper end to preventany appreciablevfriction when the carrying mernber and table 4 are 'rotated' as a unit about the axisV ofthe post 2. Thetable, 4 preferably is of less area in horizontal sectional contour than the base 1.V The turn' table 4 4.

provides a floor 'or bottom wall for a housing which includes a vertically disposed `substantially cylindrical body 9. The body 9 may be made of a light gauge metal'or other suitable material and rests at one end' upon s the turn table 4 in concentric relation to the tubular carrying member, being secured at its lowerend'to they ,turn ltable in any suitable knownmanner to' rotate with the latter. y

Vith the arrangement "justfde--v scribed, the marginaledge portion ofthe turn table extendsoutwardly from the ,lower end of the body 9 in the form .ojfan annular platform which is in close overlying 'relation to the base 1 although'spaced ,from the latter. Small chicks may pass readily over` this platform and the outer edge of the base between the ground or a likesupporting surface on which the base rests and the` space within the body 9 throughva lateralgopening 1() in the lower part of the body.y A sliding door 11V working in a pairA rof vvertically spaced horizontal guides12 is providedk for closing the opening V,10 when desired. An auxiliary housing 13 is secured at 14 vto the body 9 in position to cover a second lateral opening 15 inthe lower Lpar't'of r,the

lar carrying member. The roof member 18 is of greater diameter at its larger end which of course is the lower end thereof than the body 9 and is provided on. its under face with a circular series of spaced apart guide brackets 2O having depending arms -in sliding contact with the inner wall of the cylindrical body 9 adjacent tothe upper end of the latter. They roof member 18 therefor can be raised fromposition on the upper end of the body 9 so that an annularv space of a desired Aheight will be provided between the upper ledge of the body V9 and the roof member, the "latter being' releasablyheld 'in adjusted spaced relation to the body 9 by means which connects the sleeve 19 -to the section 6 of the tubular carrying member.

In the .embodiment of the invention sho-wn in the drawings, a pin 21 is adapted to be projected through alined openings in the sleeve 19 y and through .any one of a vertical series of transverse openings through the Section 6 vof the tubular carrying member to releasa-bly hold the member '18 in vertically adjusted position in respect to the lupper end of the body 9 but it will be understood I tioned and through which the small chicks can pass may be "too small in size to permit the mother hen to pass therethrough from the coop.

The section 6 of the tubular carrying member extends above the upper end of the sleeve 19 when'the latter is in the highest position in which it ca n be secured in place.

yThe extending upper end portion of the secf tion 6Y provides a support for a vane 23 Whichis secured at y2,41 to the sections 6 of the'tubular carrying member s o that the tail portion of the vane will be located laterally of the same side of the tubular carrying member as the opening 10 in the lower 4part. ofthe body of the housing. `The action of the wind on the vane 2 3 thus rwill maintain the housing in such a position that the opening 1 0 will be disposed opposite to the portion of the body 9 which receives the force of the wind. The door 11 thus can be `left rpartially or completely open so that the chicks can pass into or out of the housing at will and at the same time the mother hen and the chicks within the housing will be protected from the wind, as well as from rain, dust and the like.

The tubular carrying` member can be lows the chicks to have relativelyA great free-Y dom of movement while still providing a shelter for the chicks. The provision of the opening between the roof member and the upper end of the body of they housing insures satisfactory ventilation of the space within the housing.

ObVOUSly, my invention is susceptible of embodiment in forms other than that illus trated in the accompanying draw-ings and I therefore consider as my own all such modifications and adaptations of the form of the device herein disclosed as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. In a chicken coop, a. yfreely rotatable turn table, a substantially cylindrical body resting at one end upon said turn table in concentric relation to the latter and secured to the turn table to rotate therewith, said body having a. lateral opening in the lower part thereof, a sliding door for closing said opening, a roof member supported above said body and movable tc andfrom position to rest upon the upper end of the body, and means for rotating the turn table.

2. In a chicken coop, as freely rotatable turn table, a substantially cylindrical body resting at one end uponsai'd turn table in concentric relation to the latter and secured to the turn table to rotate therewith, said body having a lateral opening in the lower part thereof,a sliding door for closing said opening, a Aroof member supported above said body and movable to and from posit-ion to rest upon the upper end of the body, and

means adapted to be acted on by the wind and connected with said4 turn table for holding the. latter so vthat the opening in said body will be opposite to the wind.

A chickenv coopcomprising a base hav. lng a post upstanding from the center theree of, a turn table having a central opening encircling said post, and a tubular carrying member having a lower section secured at its lower end in said central opening of the turn table and encircling said post, an upper.

section connected tothe upper end of said lower section and horizontal bearing plate secured between said lowerV and upper sections a'nd restingl upon the upper end of said post whereby said turn table will be rotatably supported upon said post in spaced relation to Said base. a cylindrical hollow bothv surrounding said tubular carrying member land secured upon said turn table to rotate with the latter, said hollow body being open at its upper end, a root member slidable on said tubular carrying member in overlying relation to the upper end of said body, means for securing said roof member to said tubular carrying member in adjusted position on the latter, said body having a lateral opening in the lower part thereof, and a vane se cured to said tubular carrying member above said roof member, the tail portion Lof said vane being disposed laterally of the samev side of said tubular carrying member as tlul lateral opening in said body.

JOHN F. LINNEMANN. 

